Recap

At Lex's manor, Lex is unhappy that the race isn't going well for him when two police officers arrive and order him to evacuate as there's been a bomb threat. Lex is suspicious and when he tries to check his security, the police officers draw guns. Lex makes a break for it and his assistant gets gunned down while Lex gets into a security room. Lex taunts them from his secure room but they've cut off communications and the head cop, Greg Flynn, identifies himself as an ex-cop and wants to know where the spaceship is.

Clark and Lana are studying and Lana tries to get Clark to make out with her, but Clark holds back. Lana becomes upset and starts to leave. As she leaves, she drops a notebook with research papers about a spaceship. Lana reveals she's been working with Lex and is unhappy that Clark is trying to avoid the subject. At the manor, Flynn reveals that he was one of the deputies at the spaceship landing. Flynn says that he'll figure a way to get Lex out of the secure room..

Lana is in danger.

Clark and Martha are discussing Clark's relationship with Lana. Martha suggests he should trust Lana as he did Pete and Chloe. They're interrupted by Lois, arriving to help with Jonathan's campaign as his manager. That night, Lana is driving along and talking to Chloe when the second cop (and Flynn's fiancée), Harris, pulls her over and takes her to the manor. Lana denies any knowledge of the ship but Flynn remembers her from the crash and Lex has no choice but to come out. Lex manages to get the drop on them and shoot out the scrambler Flynn is using. He and Lana both get back into the secure room, but Lex is shot in the chest.

Policemen get ready to shoot at Lex.

Lois is at the Kent campaign center when Jonathan arrives and kicks everyone else out, then asks her where all the money for the last-minute publicity is coming from. She eventually reveals Lionel Luthor is the new contributor. Jonathan is not happy at the price he may have to pay. Clark visits Chloe for advice and asks her to figure out how long Lana has been studying the Black Ship. Chloe refuses to spy on Lana as she is also Lana's friend and intends to stay out of it. Chloe gets a call about Lana's abandoned car.

Sheriff Adams is checking Lana's car when Clark shows up and spots a GPS tracker in the wheel well, which he shows to Adams before speeding off. Seconds later, Adams gets a warning of a security alarm at Lex's and she calls Harris, who reassures her. Adams is still skeptical and goes to check it out. Flynn has cranked up the heating elements in the secure room while Lana tends to Lex's wound. They see Adams arrive on the security camera and meet with Harris in the hall. Adams barges into the main room and sees the dead assistant and Flynn, and Harris shoots her from behind.

Chloe and Clark are in the psychiatry wing.

Clark is back with Chloe at the Daily Planet, checking out the GPS serial number and tracking it to Flynn, figuring he was at the spaceship landing. They go to see his psychiatrist while Jonathan vents to Martha.

Lana bandages Lex's wound.

She confesses that she took the money from Lionel and tries to convince him it's OK. Lana is still tending to Lex and trying to keep him awake. He talks about his dream and how Lana was the best part of it. Lex admits he doesn't know where the spaceship is and that it disappeared. Lex passes out and Lana opens the vault and demands they give him help – in return she'll take them to the ship. Flynn agrees and they head out.

Clark and Chloe sneak into the psychiatry wing and check the tapes of Flynn talking about the spaceship. They figure Flynn went after Lex; Clark superspeeds there and finds Adams and Lex. Lana and the others arrive at the warehouse where Flynn reveals he's going to plant an explosive to draw the police and press, verifying his story. When they get there the ship is gone but Lana manages to release some pipes and hits Harris. Flynn drops the bomb while Lana battles Harris and Harris beats Lana. Clark gets Lex to a hospital and gets him to tell where Lana is.

Lois talk to the Kents.

With 34 seconds on the timer, Harris frees Flynn and they plant the bomb before running out. Clark superspeeds in and spots Lana and the bomb. It goes off and Clark makes a last microsecond rescue of Lana just ahead of the explosion. Flynn and Harris are sent flying.

Lana and Lex share a moment.

Flynn and Harris are taken off and Lana admits it was her idea to lead the bad guys off, and that she saved Lex's life because he saved hers. Jonathan has come to terms with Lionel's campaign contribution by deciding to pay it all back by selling the back 40. Lana and Lex share a moment and Lex promises she'll always get the truth from him from now on. They resolve to be friends, and hug, as Clark comes in and sees them together. Later, Clark is grousing to Chloe about how Lex endangered Lana, and Chloe tells him that if he'd been honest, she wouldn't have linked up with Lex in the first place. Clark is left with something to think about.

This is the second time Lex has been shot in the space of a few weeks. He was also shot in Lexmas.

When Clark is talking to Martha about Lana, he states, "I can't imagine ever loving anyone else." Just then, Lois pulls up in her car; this is likely a foreshadowing that Clark would eventually fall in love with Lois.

This is the first episode since Solitude that Lois appears in where she isn't in any physical danger.

During the tussle between Greg, Sheriff Adams , and Deputy Harris, Sheriff Adams gets shot but Officers no matter the type don't usually enter a pressure situation without a vest. It's possible she didn't see any danger or need for caution.

According to writer Steven S. DeKnight, the exchange between Lex and Lana in which he mentions Clark has a "nice hair" and "how lucky he is" provides an insight into Lex's feelings of inadequacy and envy of Clark.

Continuity

Lex tells Lana about the dream he had when he and Clark were friends again, which was seen in Lexmas.

Sheriff Nancy Adams (on Clark's hunches): You've got an awful lot of those. I've said it before but I really could use a man like you on the force instead of some of these hayseeds.

Chloe: Okay, Clark, this is what we're gonna do. You're gonna wait here. I'm gonna double back around and see if I can hack into the visitors' list to get us some passes so that then we can come back in and move and get right by that guy right there.